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  There’s A Mystery To Solve In MySims Agents

  EA takes their tiny blocked-headed MySims and thrusts them deep into the heart of a sinister plot that could determine the fate of an entire city in MySims Agents for the Nintendo Wii and DS. The MySims are everywhere now. They’re partying, racing, defending fantasy kingdoms, and now taking on the role of secret agents…

  By Mike Fahey Published April 22, 2009
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  Lifetime PAL Console Sales Figures Get

  The latest financial presentation from European video game retailer Game comes complete with lifetime European sales numbers for the current crop of consoles and handhelds. Let’s take a look! The information is presented in the form of a hardware install base chart, with data provided by GfK Chart Track and Game’s own internal data, tallying…

  By Mike Fahey Published April 22, 2009
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  Nice To Meet You, Here Is Some Detergent, Be Nice To Me

  To: Fahey From: Bashcraft RE: Cats Are Jerks Cats are jerks. But cute jerks. The big topic of conversation here has been what do we give our new neighbors. When you move into a new neighborhood, it’s customary here in Japan to give a small gift — I don’t know about elsewhere as I’ve never…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published April 22, 2009
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  Will Wright: Why Spore Wasn’t Released On 360, PS3

  For such a big game, you’d have thought Spore would release on every platform under the sun. But it didn’t. Just PC, Mac, DS and iPhone. Here, Will Wright explains why. In an interview with GameDaily, Wright says it was a matter of balancing output with creativity: You know, we either [port the game to…

  By Luke Plunkett Published April 22, 2009
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  PS3 Tie Ratio Overtakes Wii Tie Ratio

  Matt Matthews, now at Gamasutra, is a graph fiend. If it’s displayed as bars and/or pies, he’s all over it. And he’s all over some new NPD data, showing an improvement in the PS3’s tie ratio. The “Tie Ratio” is basically the ratio of games to consoles in the market. So if, say, the Xbox…

  By Luke Plunkett Published April 22, 2009
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  Tomorrow, Eidos Is Square Enix’s

  Square Enix inches closer to its take over of Tomb Raider publisher Eidos, and the takeover is expected to go into effect tomorrow morning. In February, both Square Enix and Eidos came to an agreement for the takeover, and the following month, Eidos shareholders overwhemingly approved of the action. Eidos issued this statement earlier today:…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published April 22, 2009
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  New Gothic Lolita Shooter Trailer

  Cave’s fantastic fantasy shooter DeathSmiles is coming to the Xbox 360. Microsoft, understandably proud of this, showed a trailer for the port at yesterday’s press event in Tokyo.

  By Luke Plunkett Published April 22, 2009
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  Red Has Never Been So Darn Cute

  Ahhh….Adowable. What’s more, red. Reader Jon sends along this entry, and the world is better for it. What’s happening? We’re giving away a copy of futuristic third-person-shooter Red Faction: Guerrilla, platform of your choice. Here’s how you can win it: Take a picture of red things – the more the better! Be sure to include…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published April 22, 2009
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  There Will Be Dante’s Inferno On The PSP As Well

  We already knew that Dante’s Inferno was coming for the PC, 360 and PS3. We did not know that a PSP version was also in development. Do now. EA have announced that Sony’s handheld will be getting its own version of the game, which is EA Redwood Shores’ (the Dead Space guys) take on the…

  By Luke Plunkett Published April 22, 2009
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  Where Did The Idea For Mother 3 Come From?

  Mother 3? Fantastic game. The game was released way back in 2006, but its creator Shigesato Itoi and Nintendo president Satoru Iwata recently talked about the title — like, what inspired it. Itoi, who also works as an ad copywriter and even voiced the father in My Neighbor Totoro, explains that the game’s genesis came…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published April 22, 2009
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  Sega Once Again Considering Changes To Business Operations

  For the third time this decade, Sega have announced that they are considering making big changes to the way the company is structured. The first of these was in 2001, when Sega pulled out of the hardware business. The second was in 2004, when Sammy took over the company and Sega’s many satellite studios were…

  By Luke Plunkett Published April 22, 2009
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  Here Are Four Lost Planet 2 Screens

  More screens of forthcoming third-person-shooter Lost Planet 2 trades snowy landscapes of the first game for dusty jungles. Have a good look. That’s what they’re for, you know.

  By Brian Ashcraft Published April 22, 2009
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  Amazon Now Selling WiiWare Games, Too

  Earlier in the month, Amazon began selling Xbox Live Arcade titles. Now they’re selling WiiWare games too. So, yeah, you can now buy your digital Wii games from someone other than Nintendo. If that’s something that’s been really tearing you up inside. Since a move like this was rumoured at the time of the original…

  By Luke Plunkett Published April 22, 2009
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  Square Enix And V Jump Magazine Partner Up For “Next-Gen Game”

  Japanese game maker Square Enix and manga mag V Jump are teaming up for a “next-generation blockbuster.” In a preview page for the next month’s issue, a short blurb reads: “Square Enix [and V Jump] begin ‘Project V’, which will create a next-generation blockbuster! Perhaps your ideas will become reality?!”. This title could possibly feature…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published April 22, 2009
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  The Life & Times Of Nintendo’s Game Boy

  Haven’t you heard? The Game Boy is 20! And to celebrate the occasion, Gizmodo artiste and Game Boy fetishist Jesus Diaz has whipped up this handy timeline, charting the machine’s highs and lows. You know, looking at this has reminded me; if there’s one console I’m going to buy this year, it’ll probably be one…

  By Luke Plunkett Published April 22, 2009
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  The Nintendo Wii Hits 8 Million In Japan

  According to data from Famitsu publisher Enterbrain, the domestic sales for the Nintendo Wii in Japan surpassed 8 million units as April 19. The Nintendo Wii launched in Japan on December 2, 2006 and was not packaged with Wii Sports like in The West. Enterbain also released new top five Wii software sales totals. They…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published April 22, 2009
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  Where A Pro Wrestler Dresses Up As Marcus Fenix

  Don’t know much about TNA Wrestling myself, but I’d imagine that the fanbases of TNA and Gears of War dovetail elegantly. Which explains the following, strange video.

  By Luke Plunkett Published April 22, 2009
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  Play Old Sierra Games, For Free, In Your Browser

  There once was a time, before closures, before Lucasarts, when the name “Sierra” meant premium PC adventure gaming. Those days are, sadly, long gone. But they will not be forgotten! If you head over to Sarien, you can take part in a little project that’s part-game, part-museum piece, with old Sierra adventure games running in…

  By Luke Plunkett Published April 22, 2009
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  Developer Continues To Struggle With Shooter Ports

  Cave is best known for its crazy shmup arcade games. A spate of them are getting released on the Xbox 360 like DoDonPachi Dai Ou Jou Black EXTRA and Ketsui ~Kizuna Jigokutachi ~ EXTRA. Thing is developer 5pb has been doing these ports — and not doing a very good job. DoDonPachi Dai Ou Jou…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published April 22, 2009
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  It May Be Safe To Play Demigod Now

  Demigod had a regrettable launch. Too many pirates, server infrastructure couldn’t cope. But after a week we’re sure Stardock would rather forget, things are looking up! A status report on Stardock’s site lets us know that while for an unfortunate few the online-only game is effectively broken, for “most people” things are “working pretty decently”.…

  By Luke Plunkett Published April 22, 2009